Art of making boots and shoes.



F. 0. STALKER.

ART OF MAKING BOOTS AND SHOES. APPLICATION FILED FEB.18,1910.

; 1, 1 2, 1 1, Patented June 30, 1914.

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FRED 0. STALKER, or nnooxron, massacnusn'rrs, hssiouon 'ro UNITED SHOEMACHINERY COMPANY, or IATEBSON, NEW JERSEY; afloonrona'rron or NEWJERSEY. i;

ART or MAKING Booms Ann shoals.

1,102,101. Sp i of tt rsl ffltenfi patented June 30, 1914.

' citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin the Art of Making Boots and Shoes, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the acconipanying drawings, is aspecification, .like reference characters on the drawings indicatinglike parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to methods of ornamenting soles and also toimprovements in heels used in the practice of the method set forth.

In attaching heels to shoes the heels are commonly forced upon the solewith such pressure that a defacing mark which is exposed to view afterthe heelis breasted is frequently formed in the sole by the breast edgeof the heel. Numerous expedients have been devised to prevent the,roduction of this disfigurement. It has aso been proposed to conceal ordisguise the mark by applying to the sole adjacent to the breast edge ofthe breasted-heel an ornamental design. This has been done in a separateoperation by means of a; tool adapted to indent in the sole a suitabledesign.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide 1 novel methodof forming a design upon this part of a sole without the employment of aseparate machine or tool for this purpose.

According to the present invention an ornamental design is formed uponthe sole adjacent to the breast edge of the breasted heel by means ofthe heel itself. To this end the heel seat surface of that portion ofthe heel which is removed in breasting is provided with means forproducing an ornamental design in that portion of the sole with which ithas contact. Preferably the surface of the heel referred to is providedwith indenting projections which are molded thereon in the operation ofmolding the heel. When the heel is pressed upon the sole in the heelattaching operation, these indenting projections are forced into thesole and pro duce a design which is exposed to view when the heel isbreasted.

' In the drawings, which illustrate one method of practising theinvention, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of parts of a heelCompressing mold adapted to produce a heel Application flied February18,1910. Serial No;

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embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a. view in perspective of aheel embodying the present invention; Fig. 3 is a perspective viewshowing the heel of Fig. 2 attached and breasted; Fig. 4 isa view inperspective illustrating a heel having amodified design formed therein.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates thefollower and the reference'numeral 2 the side dies of a heel compressingmachine. The follower 1 is provided with a series of indentationsadjacent to its breast edge into which the material of the heel isforced int-he molding operation, producing upon the heel i the indeendent projections 6 along its breast edge s own in Fig. 2. When theheel is pressed upon' the sole the indenti' .g projections are forcedinto the sole by the great pressure which is commonly employed in thatoperation. Ornamental indentations 8'are thus produced in the sole,which are entirely or partially exposed to view when a portion of theheel is removed in breasting. 'If a portion of the design falls to therear of the breast line so that it is not exposed by breasting, suchportion forms an interlocking connection between the heel and out sole.If the sole is in temper during the heel attaching operation theproduction of the indentations in the sole will be facilitated onaccount of the greater plastic quality of the sole. It will beunderstood that the heel itself is dry and hard so that the projectionsthereon have suflicient rigidity to indent the sole.

In the modified form of heel shown in Fig. 1, the indenting projectionsat the breast are longitudinally continuous and are not formed in aseries of rows as in the heel shown in Fig. 2.

It is of course within the scope of the present invention to provideindenting projections of any particular shape or arrangement desired.The form shown in Fig. 4 may he preferred for the reason that the natureof the design produced thereby and ex posed to view upon the sole isindependent of'the location of the cut produced by the breasting knife.I

It may be observed that the invention is not limited to the particularembodiment herein illustrated. While the present invention has beendescribed as applied to an or-' namental design alone, it will beobvious that, if desired, a trade mark, stock number or otherdesignation may be impressed in the sole by the me hod above set forth;

I believe that ham the first to produce upon a sole in the heelattaching operation a design ornamental or otherwise which is exposed toView after the heel is breasted.

Having described 1 my invention, what I claim as new and de ire tosecure by Letters Patent of the Unite States is 1. A device for use inproducing an ornamental design upon a sole, comprising a heel havingupon the heel seat surface of the entire portion which is removed inbreasting means for producing upon the sole an ornamental design.

2. A device for use in producing an ornamental design upon a sole,comprising a heel having molded upon the heel seat surface of the entireportion which is removed in breasting projections adapted to be forcedinto the sole during the attaching operation to produce a series ofindentations which will be exposed to view after the heel is breasted.

3. That improvement in the art of making boots or shoes which consistsin providing the heel seat surface-of the heel for substantially theentire width of the breast with means for impressing an ornamentaldesign, pressing the heel upon the heel-seat of the shoe and attachingthe heel to the shoe, and thereafter breasting the heel and bringinginto view an ornamental impression formed in the sole by the heel.

4. That improvement in the art of making boots or shoes which consistsin molding 11 on the heel seat surface of the heel a series 0 indentingrojections extending across substantially the entire width of thebreast, pressing the heel upon the heel seat of the shoe and attachingthe heel to the shoe, and thereafter breasting the heel and bringinginto view an ornamental impression formed the part of the sole sopressed, and then removing a portion of the heel to expose theornamentation on the sole.

6. That improvement in the art of making boots and shoes which consistsin pressing against the sole a heel having formed in its heel seatsurface a series of V-shaped projecting ribs arranged in parallelrelation ex tending across substantially the entire width of the heel,and intersecting the breast edge of the heel at substantially rightangles, and then breasting away a portion of the heel to expose theornamentation formed by the ribs on the sole.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

HERBERT W. KENWAY, JAMIES RILEY Honnnn.

FRED C. STALKER.

